学生さんなんですか？
Is she asking the name of the school I go to or what year I'm in? She was talking about how busy she's been at work and I told her I was busy with my studies as well and she replied with this.
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7The 何 is a typo for なん. 「学生なんですか？」 "Are you a student?" – Chocolate Dec 13 '15 at 16:20
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she actually wrote「 学生さんなんですか？」 – Michelle Dec 14 '15 at 14:43
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2I think she was asking, Are you a student? – RajSharma Dec 15 '15 at 04:41
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As @choco points out in the comment section, 何 is a typo for なん (ん being a contraction of の).
You can read more about なんです(か) here:
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But would it really be a typo? I would argue more a colloquial writing choice that a typographical error. From the times I have asked writers of similar, it is usually a conscious effort to not use the Kanji / to use hiragana instead (as for reasoning, there has been everything from trying to be more cute, trying to avoid Kanji and just a preference for it.). – The Wandering Coder Dec 15 '15 at 07:39
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2@TheWanderingCoder The typo is that the kanji was used, not that it wasn't. This なん comes from なの; the one spelt 何 comes from なに. – Angelos Dec 15 '15 at 07:54
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1Apologies, there was no Kanji when I got to the question. It was a little bit confusing. I will endeavour to check question edits better next time. – The Wandering Coder Dec 16 '15 at 06:44